@FireEmblem_Man said:
Did you even read the blog post? It's possible that Nintendo may redefine console lifespans for game developers as well, in what we see from the regular 3DS to the "New" 3DS. It may sound dumb, but Nintendo might go to the route of upgrading the "NX" specs every 2 years, that would be better than staying with the PS4 and Xbox One same specs for the next 10 years
As for the benefits of the consoles, all purchased games will no longer be tied to the hardware. Nintendo has been heavily criticized by this old archaic strategy since the launch of the Wii U when we had to do long and slow system transfers to get our games from the Wii to the Wii U. We will continue playing our digital e-Shop games on the next console with no issues as long as you're a member of the new account system.
Glad to see a commitment to doing what Sony and MS have been doing for years, it's about time on that end to have user friendly account and rights system. However, I hope in this transition that existing rights are honored and tied to whatever account system in place, rather than saying like "okay, after this releases, then all rights on future purchases will be honored under the new system, but existing right owners can pay to upgrade". Furthermore, Nintendo really botched expanding on existing Wii VC when going to the Wii U, not carrying over all the supported platforms or titles. I hope any new system takes all that into account and honors it, bringing back Genesis, Turbo Grafx, N64 and whatnot, and then expands on it, and hopefully DeNA or Nintendo picks up the pace for e-publishing on Nintendo hardware, especially with VC titles. Nintendo has done a decent job lately with indie titles but seemingly at the expense of it's Wii U VC support.
Furthermore, I don't see anywhere in the original announcement any mention of hardware upgrades, though the OP link brings it up as kind of a stretch, but interesting nonetheless. I don't think a dedicated console would do that, but like the link in the OP speculates he never said "hardware" but rather "platform"... it might just be an interchangeable semantics issue, seems like a stretch to extrapolate on that to the repeat of a 3DS / New 3DS style of upgrades to the NX. Frankly, that seems less like upgrading, like swapping out interchangeable parts in the systems hardware (like swapping out the RAM on the N64, or upgrading a PC with a new video card), and if it's like a 3DS / New 3DS will require the purchasing of entirely new device. At the very least though, the idea of a modernized account system should make a trade-in upgrade to new device more feasible which for me would be good because I don't feel like having to pay full price for a New 3DS since I can't trade it in on purchase due to issues retaining a substantial amount of digital rights tied to my current 3DS and needing both in my possession to complete the transfer.
Again on the subject of not knowing whether the NX is a console, or handheld, or something inbetween... that intrigues me though.
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